Bates, R.J. (21 September 1990), Notes on the genus Microtis (Orchidaceae) in Western Australia with the description of two new taxa. Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 50 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Boat Harbour, in surrounds of Owingup Swamp, 17.xii.84 A.P. Brown 171 (AD)"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1992), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2: 288 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (1998), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 2 (revised): 288 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R. (2000), The Western Australian Flora, a descriptive catalogue: 86 [secondary reference]

Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 374 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A., Dundas, P., Dixon, K. & Hopper, S. (2008), Orchids of Western Australia: 228 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal mignonette orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "familiar, alluding to the likeness to the flowers of M. brownii"

Hoffman, N. & Brown, A. (2011), Orchids of South-West Australia Edn. 3: 346 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Backhouse, G.N., Bates, R.J., Brown, A.P. & Copeland, L.M. (1 March 2016), Checklist of the orchids of Australia including its island territories: 29, 130 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (28 February 2018), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Dist.: WA

Clements, M.A. & Jones, D.L. (2019), Notes on Australasian orchids 5: Paraprasophyllum, a new genus in Prasophyllinae (Diurideae). Australian Orchid Review 84(5): 30 [secondary reference]

Jones, D.L. (January 2021), Native Orchids of Australia Edn. 3: 396 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

Brown, A. (19 July 2022), The Complete Orchids of Western Australia 2: 46 [secondary reference]

common name: Coastal Mignonette Orchid [n/a]

• Etymology: "From the Latin familiaris (familiar, friendly), in reference to the lateral sepals hugging the ovary and the observation that the species usually grows with other Microtis species."

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